West Pauwasi languages
Papuan language family
West Pauwasi | |
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West Pauwasi River | |
Geographic distribution | Western New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Pauwasi
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Subdivisions |
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Glottolog | None |
The West Pauwasi languages are a likely family of Papuan languages spoken on the Indonesian side of New Guinea. They may either form part of a larger Pauwasi language family along with the Eastern Pauwasi languages, or it they could form an independent language family (or more than one family).[1]
Languages
The languages are,[2]
- Tebi–Towe (Wurm's West Pauwasi)
- Tebi (Dubu)
- Towei
- Namla–Tofanma
- Namla
- Tofanma
- Usku (Afra)
The three branches differ substantially from each other.
References
External links
Wiktionary has word lists at Appendix:Pauwasi word lists
- Pauwasi languages database at TransNewGuinea.org
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Papuan language families
(Palmer 2018 classification)
(Palmer 2018 classification)
subgroups
Central Papua, Indonesia | |
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Southeast Papua, Indonesia | |
Southwest Papua New Guinea | |
Central Papua New Guinea | |
Papuan Peninsula |
families and isolates
families and isolates
families and isolates
families and isolates
families and isolates
Torricelli subgroups | |
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Sepik subgroups | |
Ramu subgroups |
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families and isolates
families and isolates
isolate
- West Papuan
- Northwest Papuan
- South Pauwasi
- East Papuan
- Southeast Papuan
- Papuan Gulf
- Binanderean–Goilalan
- Arai–Samaia
- Asmat–Mombum
- Trans-Fly–Bulaka River
- Trans-Fly
- Dani–Kwerba
- East Bird's Head – Sentani
- Kwomtari–Fas
- Left May – Kwomtari
- Tor–Kwerba–Nimboran
- West Trans–New Guinea
- West Papuan Highlands
- Central and South New Guinea
- Central West New Guinea
- East New Guinea Highlands
- Yele – West New Britain
- Sepik–Ramu
- Indo-Pacific